Château de l'Herm

Château de l'Herm is a castle in the commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the départment of Dordogne in the Aquitane region of France.[1] Construction took place between 1500 and 1520 by Jean de Calvimont in the Forêt Barade. Jean de Calvimont was in the Bordeaux parliament and ambassador of Francis I to Spain. It was later abandoned, after the family left it in 1605.[2]

The moats are still visible. The castle is open to visitors.[3]

Eugène Le Roy used it as a setting in his novel Jacquou le Croquant[1] (1899), which was set in the early 1800s and used real place names and locations. In the book, a Barade forest peasant rebels against the evil comte de Nansac from the Château de l'Herm.

It has been listed since 1927 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ministry of Culture: Château de l'Herm (French)
  2. ↑ Site du château de l'Herm
  3. ↑ http://www.chateaudelherm.com/

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Coordinates: 45°04′41″N 0°57′35″E / 45.07806°N 0.95972°E / 45.07806; 0.95972


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